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As parliamentarians grapple with a violent attack on their colleague Helen Haines, an inquiry will hear how social media is driving Australians to extremism.

Rural cancer patients and doctors have new guidelines for timely treatment and support, in a bid to improve the "postcode lottery" of survival rates.

Federal ministers knew for months the tax office was considering no longer accepting credit card payments when a ban on surcharges came into effect.

As gloom envelops the property market, home owners outside of the major cities have at least seen values rise over the past 12 months.

The federal government has given the communications watchdog a bigger bark in a bid to crack down on dodgy telcos.

Social media legislation is expected to pass parliament, but the Greens want Australians to be able to sue big tech companies directly.

An overdue national inquiry into women's health has been flooded with submissions on trauma, pain, medical misogyny and lack of care following childbirth.

Pickles, baking and knitting are attracting a new generation of Country Women's Association members and bringing the spirit of the bush to the city.

Singer Kate Ceberano is in the middle of her Australian Made Encore Tour, a 30-date national run that included Orange and is concluding right after her 60th birthday.

A plan to pool banking resources in multi-bank hubs rather than individual branches could shore up regional services if the regulator rubber-stamps the idea.